I've spent years carrying grief, illnesses, and pain in silence. When Mama died, I lost more than a parent. I lost my anchor.
People think I'm afraid of death. I'm not. After losing the person who made the world feel safe, loss stopped frightening me the way it does most people.
For as long as girls continue to see marriage as an achievement, men will continue to behave like this. What do you mean she’s lucky that you choose to come back to her everyday?
"Have decorum.
Dress nicely.
Be kind.
Be nice.
I'm telling you, you will go nowhere. Be a bad girl like me and you will get somewhere."
People keep talking about Kendrick Lamar's line delivery when this exists.
Look at the material.